Bilic left in no doubt about future

Slaven Bilic is set to get four more games to turn around the club’s disastrous form but the Davids are making plans to plug the gap should he being unable to do so.

Nobody truly expected Bilic to be out of a job until he had been given the chance to get some home games under his belt but it has been made clear to him that a massive transformation is required over the next month.

David Sullivan sacking criteria has always been six straight defeats andout so the Huddersfield Town, West Bromwich Albion and Spurs games look critical. The club will also allow him to oversee the Swansea City home game unless nerves become too shredded.

To say that the board were disappointed with Saturday’s performance would be putting things mildly – privately they were fuming over a gutless and terrible performance.

Now the gauntlet has been well and truly thrown down – it’s three or four games or out. Sullivan and Bilic met at the Rush Green training ground Ground yesterday where we understand the manager was left in no doubt of the situation.

The pair will talk again on the phone today today ahead of David Sullivan flying out for a short break during international week – his usual practice.